Patents Examined by Robert M Stone
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Patent number: 10241546Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a first body and a second body. The second body includes a processing unit, and a first touch panel, a second touch panel, a keyboard and at least one detecting module electrically connected to the processing unit, respectively. The keyboard is slidably disposed above the second touch panel, and the detecting module is adapted to detect a position of the keyboard. When the keyboard is located at a first position, the keyboard module covers the second touch panel, and the detecting module transmits a first signal to the processing unit so that the first touch panel is turned on. When the keyboard is located at a second position, the keyboard exposes the second touch panel, and the detecting module transmits a second signal to the processing unit so that the first touch panel is turned off. A touch panel controlling method of the portable electronic device is further provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Ming-Shun Lu, Ming-Chung Liu, Hsin-Chieh Fang, Yu-Wen Cheng, Yu-Ning Chang
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Patent number: 10242653Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes a display panel including sub-pixels of three primary colors, and pixels having a high-luminance color having higher luminance than that of the primary colors. The three primary colors include a first primary color, a second primary color, and a third primary color. The number of the sub-pixels is smaller than twice the number of the pixels, sub-pixels of the same color are arranged at even intervals in a row direction and at even intervals in a column direction, and the sub-pixels of the same color are arranged in a staggered manner.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Shuji Hayashi, Takayuki Nakanishi
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Patent number: 10241627Abstract: A method configured to process an indirect touch or direct touch input to a touch screen with various input means is provided. The method includes, if a 1st input means is positioned in a 1st position spaced apart from a touch screen, acquiring 1st sensing information based on the 1st position, if the 1st input means is positioned in a 2nd position spaced apart from the touch screen, acquiring 2nd sensing information based on the 2nd position, and identifying the 1st input means based on the acquired 1st sensing information and the acquired 2nd sensing information.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sung-Jin Yoon
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Patent number: 10242624Abstract: A driving device includes a pixel array, a controller and a driver. The driver has a plurality of driving devices. Each of the driving devices includes a plurality of transistors and at least one capacitor to drive a light emitting device. By controlling the timing scheme of control signals applied to the driving device, the voltage for driving the light emitting device would not be affected by threshold voltages of the transistors.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: Lien-Hsiang Chen, Kung-Chen Kuo, Ming-Chun Tseng
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Patent number: 10234939Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a system for enabling two or more users to interact within a virtual world comprising virtual world data, comprising a computer network comprising one or more computing devices, the one or more computing devices comprising memory, processing circuitry, and software stored at least in part in the memory and executable by the processing circuitry to process at least a portion of the virtual world data; wherein at least a first portion of the virtual world data originates from a first user virtual world local to a first user, and wherein the computer network is operable to transmit the first portion to a user device for presentation to a second user, such that the second user may experience the first portion from the location of the second user, such that aspects of the first user virtual world are effectively passed to the second user.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2015Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: MAGIC LEAP, INC.Inventors: Samuel A. Miller, Rony Abovitz
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Patent number: 10222885Abstract: A display device with an integrated touch screen and a method of driving the same are provided. The display device includes a panel configured to operate in a first display operation period, a first touch operation period, a second display operation period, and a second touch operation period, and include a touch electrode overlapping a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines, and a gate driver configured to sequentially apply a gate-on voltage to an odd-numbered gate line among the plurality of gate lines during two horizontal periods in the first display operation period, and in the second display operation period, sequentially apply the gate-on voltage to an even-numbered gate line among the plurality of gate lines during two horizontal periods.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung Yub Lee, Seung Eun Pyo
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Patent number: 10209943Abstract: A display control apparatus causes a plurality of images to be arranged and projected by a plurality of projection units. An obtaining unit obtains an overlap value for indicating a width at which a portion of a first image and a portion of a second image overlap. A control unit causes the plurality of projection units to project the plurality of images which includes at least the first image and the second image by overlapping the portion of the first image and the portion of the second image by a width based on the overlap value. Also, the control unit causes the portion of the first image and the portion of the second image to overlap by the width based on the overlap value by changing a size of a projected image.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Akihiro Ouchi
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Patent number: 10198130Abstract: An in-cell touch panel and a display device are disclosed. The in-cell touch panel includes a top substrate and a bottom substrate disposed oppositely to each other, a common electrode layer disposed on a side of the bottom substrate that faces the top substrate and a touch sensing chip. The common electrode layer is partitioned into a plurality of independent self-capacitance electrodes and a plurality of wires for connecting the self-capacitance electrodes to the touch sensing chip. The touch sensing chip is configured to apply common electrode signals to self-capacitance electrodes in a display interval and determine touch positions by detecting capacitance value variation of self-capacitance electrodes in a touch interval. No additional layer is needed for the in-cell touch panel, thereby saving production costs and improving production efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yingming Liu, Xue Dong, Hailin Xue, Haisheng Wang, Hongjuan Liu, Shengji Yang, Weijie Zhao, Xiaoliang Ding
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Patent number: 10191713Abstract: An information transmitting method and an electronic device using the method are described. The method includes establishing a communication connection with an electronic device; projecting a to-be-transmitted object information into a display screen of the electronic device; transmitting the to-be-transmitted object information to the electronic device to make the electronic device display the to-be-transmitted object information in the display screen. The first electronic device includes a connecting unit, a projecting unit and a transmitting unit. The second electronic device includes a connecting unit, a receiving unit and a display unit. As a result, transmission of the to-be-transmitted object information between devices based on projection achieves a seamless operational experience combining an actual condition and a virtual condition, and the projecting mode is simple and convenient and intuitive and highly effective, which improves features of real-time and ease of use of the transmitted object.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventor: Jinfeng Zhang
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Patent number: 10182606Abstract: A helmet includes a protective shell, a monocular eyepiece and a mounting element. The monocular eyepiece displays an image signal to a wearer of the helmet. The eyepiece includes an electronic input configured to input the image signal and at least one mechanical connector. The mounting element is mechanically connected to the protective shell and to the monocular eyepiece, and is shaped to allow the monocular eyepiece to slide along the mounting element and to be secured in front of a wearer's right eye or left eye.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2016Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Inventor: Amit Tal
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Patent number: 10175811Abstract: The objective is to reduce stress applied to a connector tail. The connector tail is configured such that a slit of length L having an opening end is formed at one end side, a leading end part is branched by the slit into at least a first connection portion and a second connection portion, and when the distance between the first connection portion and the second connection portion while the first connection portion and the second connection portion are deformed to form an angle ? is set as H, the following relationship holds: H/L?0.07 (where the units of H and L are millimeters and ??4).Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: SMK CorporationInventors: Takayuki Nakase, Yusuke Inoue
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Patent number: 10163265Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a system for enabling two or more users to interact within a virtual world comprising virtual world data, comprising a computer network comprising one or more computing devices, the one or more computing devices comprising memory, processing circuitry, and software stored at least in part in the memory and executable by the processing circuitry to process at least a portion of the virtual world data; wherein at least a first portion of the virtual world data originates from a first user virtual world local to a first user, and wherein the computer network is operable to transmit the first portion to a user device for presentation to a second user, such that the second user may experience the first portion from the location of the second user, such that aspects of the first user virtual world are effectively passed to the second user.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2015Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Samuel A. Miller, Rony Abovitz
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Patent number: 10156925Abstract: An array substrate, a method for fabricating the same and a display apparatus are provided. The array substrate includes first non-display areas and second non-display areas, where the first non-display areas and the second non-display areas are respectively areas between adjacent columns of the pixel units and are arranged alternately in the first direction; two data lines are disposed in each first non-display area, the two data lines are electrically connected to two columns of pixel units on two sides of the first non-display area where the two data lines are located; a gap is provided between two electrode units adjacent in the first direction, and the gap is located above a part of the second non-display area.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Gujun Li, Yungang Sun, Kang Yang
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Patent number: 7969455Abstract: An image display device for displaying an image on the basis of an image signal supplied from an image supply device includes a brightness detecting section that detects a gray level which characterizes brightness of a predetermined pattern image from a pattern image signal when the predetermined pattern image is supplied from the image supply device; a storing section that stores a reference gray level predetermined in the pattern image; a correction parameter setting section that sets a correction parameter for compensating by a difference between the gray level detected by the brightness detecting section and the reference gray level stored in the storing section; and a correcting section that corrects the brightness of the image signal supplied from the image supply device on the basis of the correction parameter.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2006Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shohei Yoshida, Takashi Toyooka, Hidehito Iisaka
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Patent number: 7969402Abstract: A gate driving circuit and a display device having the same, in which the gate lines can be divided into p groups using p shift registers and p-time gate lines can be driven using a signal shifted by 1/p, wherein p is an arbitrary natural number of three or more. Accordingly, since a number of gate lines can be driven using the plurality of shift registers, high-resolution display devices can be manufactured at a low cost.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2006Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hyun Lee
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Patent number: 7944415Abstract: Disclosed are an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display device having a pixel circuit which use a thin film transistor (TFT) as an active device and a driving method thereof. The OLED display device can constantly obtain luminance of the light emitting elements by elapsed time, because the brightness of the pixel for the signal voltage is not varied by a characteristic variance of the transistor (e.g., a driving element) and the OLED. Accordingly, the OLED display device according to the present invention can minimizes the variance of the pixel brightness due to deterioration of the transistor and the OLED caused by usage for a long time and increase life span of the display device. Further, the OLED display device can display high quality of the image even in case of the high precision display, because it is controlled to flow the current to OLED included in each pixel.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2006Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Silicon Display Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin Jang, Ji-Ho Hur, Se-Hwan Kim, Youn-Duck Nam
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Patent number: 7944410Abstract: This invention relates to methods and apparatus for driving electroluminescent, in particular organic light emitting diodes (OLED) displays using multi-line addressing (MLA) techniques. Embodiments of the invention are particularly suitable for use with so-called passive matrix OLED displays. A current generator for an electroluminescent display driver, the current generator including; a first, reference current input to receive a reference current; a second, ratioed current input to receive a ratioed current; a first ratio control input to receive a first control signal input; a controllable current mirror having a control input coupled to the first ratio control input, a current input coupled to the reference current input, and an output coupled to the ratioed current input; the current generator being configured such that a signal and the control input controls a ratio of the ratioed current to the reference current.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2005Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Cambridge Display Technology LimitedInventors: Euan Christopher Smith, Paul Richard Routley
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Patent number: 7940286Abstract: A display that includes a circuit to receive pixel data and to generate a first set of gray-scale voltages based on the first set of reference voltages to drive pixel circuits to display respectively different gray-scale levels during a first time period in accordance with the pixel data, and generate a second set of gray-scale voltages based on a second, different set of reference voltages to drive the pixel circuits to display a common gray-scale level during a second time period. For example, the common gray-scale level can be a black level.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2005Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Chimei Innolux CorporationInventors: Mingchia Pan, Mingjhen Sie, Chincheng Tsai
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Patent number: 7932916Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) device and a method of driving the OLED device are provided. The OLED device according to an embodiment includes a timing controller and a data drive unit. The timing controller performs a gamma correction of inputted image data for the OLED device, and then changes a bit number of the gamma-corrected image data to thereby output converted image data. The data drive unit outputs a data drive signal on the basis of the converted image data.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2005Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seong Gyun Kim, Seok Hee Jeong
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Patent number: 7916115Abstract: A liquid crystal display including a blink backlight system light source and a liquid crystal panel for adjusting the amount of light transmitted from the light source. The light source is made of a plurality of light emitting tubes each having one or more kinds of phosphors, and having a turned-on state and a turned-off state within one frame. A luminance factor area of light from each of the phosphors is substantially equal to that of light from any other phosphor in at least one of a luminance rise time when the light source changes from the turned-off state to the turned-on state and a luminance fall time when the light source changes from the turned-on state to the turned-off state.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2002Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Okishiro, Yoshinori Aono, Masaaki Komatsu, Masatoshi Shiiki